NFL socks San Francisco 49ers star with fine for kit malfunction

In trouble: NFL star Frank Gore is in trouble over his kit choice (Picture: EPA)

San Francisco 49ers star Frank Gore will have to pull his socks up if he wants to fully enjoy his big day out at next Sunday’s Super Bowl.

The elite running back has been fined $10,500 dollars (£6,668) by the NFL for wearing his socks too low as he led his team to the Big Show in New Orleans.

It is the second time this season 28-year-old has been made to pay for a uniform violation. Gore, who ran for 90 yards and two touchdowns in last weekend’s 28-24 victory over the Atlanta Falcons to set up a Super Bowl duel with the Baltimore Ravens, said: ‘I was wrong.

‘Next time I will do better. When you are playing, you don’t think about it. You are trying to win.’

The NFL are not the only sporting governing body to get shirty and trouser cash when uniform regulations are breached.

Uefa have regularly dished out fines of between £16,000 and £40,000 for racist abuse but they collared Denmark striker Nicklas Bendtner for revealing a sponsor’s logo on his underwear when he scored during Euro 2012. They then hit him with an £80,000 punishment.